It's amazing to me that having paid quite a lot of cash a couple of years ago for my web-site, I am now logging in and amending the mergetomove site without even thinking about it. When did technology get so easy??! It's great, within minutes you can think up and idea, and get an on-line... Continue Reading →
Launch of www.mergetomove.com
In a bit of a change from the landlord norm today I got together with Jonathan, a fellow property maniac who I met through Channel M. He runs a letting agency, and an agony uncle website called http://www.dearjonny.co.uk/, and has done some filming with me for Homesmine. He is very funny, great fun to work... Continue Reading →
Blinds up, bathroom finished; landlords don’t have birthdays!!
Another busy day... lovely hotel style shower room finished to replace the hideous and endlessly problematic bathroom which was there before. Below is the view to where the old cistern boxing off was: the huge copper tank which took ages to heat up and was very inefficient has been removed and replaced by a small... Continue Reading →
Cellar like B&Q, Note2Self must use stuff up
Finding myself a cellar dweller again today, a bit useless and sick of being told not to anything heavy; headed down to the depths to find some limestone coloured sealant for the newly done tenants shower room. And success, found a nearly full tube, but hardly surprising as the cellar is better stocked than my... Continue Reading →
And we’re off! 25 Beautiful Homes photoshoot begins
Bridget the photographer was here at 8am and ready to go, with a car full of pink flowers and a list of do nots from the magazine - no lights on, no scratty bath mats, no weird angles, no shooting into corners! Zoe had really helped out by ensuring her apartment was in pristine condition... Continue Reading →
Preparing for the photoshoot
Just occasionally I get to do nice stuff, it's not all mopping and cleaning up after tenants. It's been a tough weekend as this trapped nerve has prevented me from doing much physically, it's getting very boring now, and I just wish it would go away. Too much to do for irritations like a bad... Continue Reading →
No!!!! Its a rawl plug, not a fountain!!
Buggary sodding buggary!!!!! It's 7.05pm on a Saturday night, the last job of the day, the very last job..... After a day of butchered doors, upside down then righted shower cubicles, a lazy arsed plumber, none stop cleaning ready for tomorrow, the very last job was fitting the shower rail and it looked fab. Until... Continue Reading →